It finally happened, friends! I wrote an in-depth examination of all five (FIVE!) Jason X novels and three comic book issues. Read on as I talk about Moon Prisons, and how aliens gave us advanced tech in exchange for weed when we first made contact, make a “Ship of Theseus” comparison with Jason vs. Jason X and just generally wax poetic about Mr Fuck, the Endgame Man.
… The 58-story tower, the tallest residential building in San Francisco, has drawn joking comparisons to the Leaning Tower of Pisa because, by 2014, it had sunk 18in and was leaning 14in to the west. The high-rise had initially opened to fanfare, with all 419 units quickly selling out and had high-profile residents such as the former San Francisco 49ers player Joe Montana, and the Giants outfielder Hunter Pence.
All buildings settle into their foundations, the Guardian previously reported, but the tower was expected to sink between just 4in and 6in over the course of its life. The issue sparked a legal battle between homeowners, the building’s developer and a neighboring construction project. The developer, Millennium Partners, at the time blamed the sinking on the construction of the Transbay transit center, citing eroding soil.
“This litigation exposed a lot of problems in the development of this particular building,” Niall McCarthy, an attorney representing a group of homeowners, told the Guardian in 2019. “It will be a roadmap for other downtown developments for what to avoid. This is a one-of-a-kind situation we won’t ever see again in San Francisco.”
A confidential settlement reached last year included a $100m plan to fix the building, and compensate homeowners in the building for estimated losses.
In May, crews started work on the perimeter pile upgrade project to install 52 concrete, 140,000lb piles to anchor the building to bedrock 250ft below ground. Shortly after work began, however, the sinking and tilting accelerated; the building now has a tilt of 22 inches, NBC Bay Area reported.
A spokesperson for the Millennium Tower Association told the San Francisco Chronicle that the building is safe, but that it would suspend work on the project out of caution while it works to better understand the issue. The association did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Guardian.
Plans for a karaoke night at Gaukurinn bar in downtown Reykjavík were quashed yesterday after management discovered that a number of known COVID-positive partiers planned to attend.
Magnús Bjarni Gröndal, manager of Gaukurinn, shared with Vísir that they received tips from several sources that a group of thirty exchange students from the University of Iceland and Reykjavík University planned to attend the event, despite knowing some members of the group had recently tested positive for COVID-19. These tips were further confirmed by the police who called to notify them of the situation.
Magnús told Vísir that it felt as if they’d just been threatened with a bomb.
Gaukurinn, not wanting to risk the health of their staff and other guests, decided instead to close for the night. They publicised the news of the karaoke cancellation and temporary closure on Instagram and Facebook, stating in part, “We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. We are all in this together. It’s our duty to keep each other safe.”
Comments left on the posts showed gratitude for the bar’s responsible actions by taking a financial hit in a time of hardship to many restaurants instead of risking safety. The bar confirmed in response to one of these comments that the police are involved in the disregard of mandatory quarantine.
